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  1. 10th May 2009, 11:22 PM #1
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    Default T15+3 Drill first use

    I recently acquired this drill by way of a present for my 50th birthday together with some sets of drill bits for the centro tec.
    Last night I was setting up my Foxtel decoder with some better cables and decided that a few holes were required for some air flow at the back of the cabinet for the decoder. Out comes the T15+3 and insert a 10mm brad point bit into centro tec. Reach into cabinet and start drilling. This was not a good experience. Took a long time (30-40 sec to go thru 6mm hardboard.) First 3 holes the same result. I then decided to investigate.
    The Drill was in REVERSE.
    Tha last hole with the drill in forward motion was sub second.
    What we can learn from this is that the tool maketh NOT the man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lesmeyer View Post
    The Drill was in REVERSE.
    Tha last hole with the drill in forward motion was sub second.
    What we can learn from this is that the tool maketh NOT the man.
    Regards
    Les
    Good thing I've never done that!

    You need a set of reversible bits.
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    Watch out for the torque with Festool drills - if the drill bit grabs, everything else stops and YOU go round and round....

    Enjoy your new toy. I'm steadily replacing my power tools with Festool items, but haven't got as far the drills yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lesmeyer View Post
    I recently acquired this drill by way of a present for my 50th birthday together with some sets of drill bits for the centro tec.
    Last night I was setting up my Foxtel decoder with some better cables and decided that a few holes were required for some air flow at the back of the cabinet for the decoder. Out comes the T15+3 and insert a 10mm brad point bit into centro tec. Reach into cabinet and start drilling. This was not a good experience. Took a long time (30-40 sec to go thru 6mm hardboard.) First 3 holes the same result. I then decided to investigate.
    The Drill was in REVERSE.
    Tha last hole with the drill in forward motion was sub second.
    What we can learn from this is that the tool maketh NOT the man.
    Regards
    Les
    Sooo? Which one is the tool?
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  6. 11th May 2009, 05:10 PM #5
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    Les, I think you better just pack up the drill and bits and send them over to me for safe keeping
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    Thats Gold!!!

    We had a similar thing happen with a customer in the shop.
    We had sold a customer a Freud pro saw blade as beeing the best thing since slice bread compared to hi chinese thin kerf blade he had on the machine

    The next day he came tearing into the shop screaming his head off acusing us of ripping him off infront of a shop full of customers...this was looking very bad infront of the other customers & they were looking at my staff very funny...he stated the blade wasnt cutting & it was s#@t!!!

    I looked at the blade on the machine he had put it the wrong way....all the customers called him an amatuer and boohed him out of the shop......i have never seen someone so dark turn to red
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